In the Press:
Detente in SF Datebook
On the Air w/ Wanda Sabir
March Alumnus Spotlight: Cherie Hill
East Bay Express Preview: Perform: Education
Detente in SF Datebook
On the Air w/ Wanda Sabir
March Alumnus Spotlight: Cherie Hill
East Bay Express Preview: Perform: Education
Articles
"Dance Educators Create Systemic Change." In Dance Magazine, November 2017.
“African Dance is Medicine for the Mind, Body and Spirit.” Sacred Dance Journal. January 2014.
“Creative Movement and the African Aesthetic.” In Dance Magazine. November 2012.
“Shifting Tides: A Multidisciplinary Creative Process Fusing Dance, Somatics and Black Feminist Theory. An Interview with the Choreographer.” Gender Forum 36: (Con)Sequences. Dance –Gender – Ethnicity. December 2011.
“Queen Nyabingi: A Brief History.” Ujama: African Diaspora Magazine. Summer 2011.
“Sacred Dance Resources.” Sacred Dance Journal. Winter 2011.
“Stronach Prize Letters Archive: Cherie Hill.” College of Letters and Science. University of California, Berkeley.
Sacred Dance Trends Blog / Vegan Mama Cost 2 Coast Blog.
Conferences/Lectures
Plenary Speaker & Presenter, 2019
Integrating Arts Learning Conference, Montalvo Arts Center Conference, Saratoga, CA
"Converting the Music ‘Break’ into Dance”, 2018
National Dance Education Organization Conference, La Jolla, CA
“Embedding Dance, Race and Equity: A Continuous Practice” 2018
Alameda County Office of Education Inventing Our Future, Oakland, CA
“Community, Power and Privilege in Dance” Panel 2017
National Guild for Community Arts Education Conference, San Francisco, CA
“Embedding Dance, Race and Equity into Practice” 2017
National Dance Education Organization Conference, San Antonio, TX,
“Cultivating Dance, Creativity and Equity in K-5 Public Schools” 2016
Create CA Conference, Fresno, CA
"Dub Dance Project" Leonardo Art/Science Evening Rendezvous
UC Berkeley, 2016
University of San Francisco, 2015
“Walking our Talk: how layered collaborations lead to quality, integrity and possibility". Panel with Luna Dance Institute faculty, 2014. National Dance Education Organization (NDEO), Chicago, IL.
“Creative Movement and the African Aesthetic.” Dance Workshop
National Dance Education Organization K-12 Standards Conference, Berkeley, CA, 2016
National Dance Education Organization, Miami, FL. California Dance Education Association, 2013 Marin School for the Arts, 2013
“Movement, Meditation and Mind Power: A Blending of Somatic Practices.”
Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities. Waikiki, HI.
“Dance Scholarship and Research.” International Association of Black Dance Conference, Denver CO.
“Re-Identifying Big Butts and Hypersexuality: An Analysis of Jawole Zollar’s Batty Moves.”
Haas Scholars Undergraduate Research Conference. The Berkeley City Club, Berkeley CA.
California McNair’s Scholars Symposium, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Grants and Awards
Bay Area CA$H Grant
Clorox Foundation Small Arts Grant
Kayden Research Grant
Next Generation Artist Grant- Center for Cultural Innovation
Program Grant, University of CO
ACE Grant, University of CO
Graduate Scholar and Artist Fellowship
Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize
Eisner Award in Dance
The Center for Race and Gender Undergraduate Research and Creative Work Grant
Haas Scholar
McNair Scholar